I follow the news pretty closely, and the first I have ever heard of this deal was last week’s column by and interview with Frank Gaffney. It was Gaffney’s reporting that took a story off the financial pages and made the broader public aware of the proposed sale. While the White House Press Corps was speculating on whether Dick Cheney’s hunting accident would have been more serious if Mr. Whittington had died, a major story was reported on by Gaffney and the Washington Times –and ignored by the MSM.